ATRIUM at the DARIAH Annual Event 2026
The DARIAH Annual Event 2026 will take place on May 26th to May 29th in Rome, Italy, hosted by CNR: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche .
This year’s event will explore the topic of Digital Arts and Humanities With and For Society: Building Infrastructures of Engagement.
The theme of DARIAH’s 2026 Annual Event resonates greatly with the ATRIUM project, exploring digitally-enabled research through a public and participatory lens, focusing on who research is for, what are its social and public benefits, and how research can serve to create new dialogues within the public sphere.
ATRIUM is delighted to be presented in four different sessions, as outlined below.
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ATRIUM Voice Notetaking: Exploring Speech-Based Workflows for Archaeological Documentation
Poster and Demo Session
Time: Thursday, 28/May/2026: 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Location: Foyer
Authors: Chara Tsoukala (1), Maria Gavriilidou (1), Athanasios Doupas (1), Christina Flouda (1), Émilie Pagé-Perron (2), Holly Wright (2)
(1) Athena Research Center, GR; (2) University of York, UK
Archaeological field documentation is still largely based on handwritten context sheets. While this method is well established, it can be time-consuming and difficult to use in typical excavation conditions, such as wet or muddy environments. Handwritten recording can also present accessibility challenges for some archaeologists, for example for those with dyslexia. Recent advances in automatic speech recognition offer new possibilities for supporting field documentation through voice input. This poster and demo present a sound-based approach to recording archaeological context sheets using speech-to-text technologies. The work explores the use of voice recordings as an additional data type within archaeological documentation workflows. The main aim is to support data entry for context sheets by allowing archaeologists to dictate information instead of writing it by hand. The focus is on free-text fields such as context descriptions and interpretations, which are often the most time-consuming to complete and benefit from more natural and detailed expression. Speech-based input may also encourage more complete descriptions by reducing the need for shorthand or abbreviated notes. By using speech, archaeologists can potentially document their observations more efficiently while remaining engaged with excavation activities.
AGLAIA: developing an international sign glossary for inclusive archaeological heritage
Session: Implementing CARE: Designing digital infrastructures that foster trust, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility
Time: Thursday, 28/May/2026: 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Location: Aula A
Authors: Ginevra Niccolucci (1), Alessandra Biagianti, Franco Niccolucci (2), Claudio Prandoni (2), Elena Rodriguez
(1) Prisma Cultura S.r.l. - Società Benefit; (2) ARIADNE Research Infrastructure AISBL
Ensuring equitable access to cultural heritage remains a major challenge for digital research infrastructures, particularly for citizens with special needs. Despite significant advances in digital methods and platforms, deaf and visually impaired communities are still frequently excluded from fully engaging with archaeological knowledge and museum interpretation. Within this context, the ATRIUM project addresses accessibility as a core value, with a specific focus on inclusive practices that enable meaningful participation across diverse user communities. AGLAIA – ARIADNE Glossary in Italian Sign Language (LIS) and International Sign (IS) for Archaeology, an initiative developed by the ARIADNE Research Infrastructure to enhance accessibility for deaf users in museum and archaeological contexts.
Gaps Become Bridges: Using Skills Assessment Insights to Shape Digital Humanities Training in Research Infrastructures
Session: Pedagogies of engagement and public-facing (digital) humanities education
Time: Friday, 29/May/2026: 9:30am - 11:00am
Location: Aula Bisconti
Authors: Carol Delmazo (1), Iulianna van der Lek (2), Anastasia Gasia (3), Sarah Bénière (4), Vera Maria Charvát (5), Maria Ilvanidou (6)
(1) OPERAS; (2) CLARIN ERIC; (3) AUEB; (4) INRIA; (5) OEAW; (6) AUEB
As digital methods become increasingly central to Humanities research, especially now in the era of large language models, training initiatives face the challenge of preparing scholars with the skills needed to work effectively in data-rich, collaborative, and rapidly evolving digital environments. Drawing on insights, from the ATRIUM Skillset Assessment and Gap Analysis report (Delmazo et al. 2025), this presentation proposes a set of evidence-based recommendations for improving professional training programs and digital humanities curricula. By connecting empirical data on researcher needs with pedagogical strategies, this contribution aims to support institutions and research infrastructures alike in building a robust and inclusive training ecosystem.
Actionable Workflows: Infrastructures Enabling Collaborative, Reproducible and Sustainable Research
Session: Applied AI and Reproducible Workflows: Sustainable Infrastructures for Public Knowledge
Time: Friday, 29/May/2026: 11:30am - 1:00pm
Location: Aula Bisconti
Authors: Anne Baillot (1), Laure Barbot (1), Gustavo Candela (1,2), Sally Chambers (1), Emiliano Degl’Innocenti (1,3), Matej Ďurčo (1), Michael Kurzmeier (1), Daniela Schneider (4)
(1) DARIAH-EU; (2) University of Alicante; (3) CNR, Istituto Opera del Vocabolario Italiano; (4)Galaxy Europe
Creating reproducible research workflows does not come naturally to arts and humanities researchers. Thanks to the Social Sciences and Humanities Open Marketplace (SSHOMP), narrative workflows that describe and contextualise research tools and services are becoming more commonplace (Barbot et al., 2024 & Candela et al., 2023). However, enabling researchers to repeat, reproduce or reuse existing workflows supposes that they are actionable. This requires appropriate infrastructure and consideration of different modes of reproduction, taking into account research questions, datasets and methods of analysis or tools (Schöch, 2023). Structuring workflows for others to understand and adapt them is crucial for reproducibility and reuse (Rule et al., 2019). This paper focuses on two examples - Galaxy and AEON - within a growing infrastructure ecosystem of services and platforms, including EOSC, ECCCH, and HPC-based initiatives. It argues that DARIAH can bridge the “last mile” (Koureas, 2016) between infrastructures and research communities by testing and guiding adoption of actionable workflows. Working across the spectrum of workflow types has significant potential to foster open, reproducible and collaborative research in the digital arts and humanities.